NOVA"Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures"
Set adrift in the southern seas some 65 million years ago, Australia's many unusual creatures, like the kangaroo and the cassowary, tell a tale of isolation, change and resilience. Host Richard Smith travels the continent tracing this long history. Part 4 of 4G

5:00 pm

Secrets of the Dead"Bugging Hitler's Soldiers"
Britain's MI19 installed listening devices to eavesdrop on German POWs held at three sites in England. The evidence is stored on wax disks - a 120,000-hour archive. The program tells how German researchers are combing through this treasure trove and several reenactments dramatize the conversations they are revealing.G

6:00 pm

NOVA scienceNOW"Where Did We Come From?"
Scientists show how a supernova shock wave, sweeping through a cloud of dust and gas, could have played a part in forming the sun and planets. An English chemist has created conditions in which building blocks of RNA, probable precursor to DNA, assemble themselves naturally. After sucking human blood for millions of years, the DNA of lice hold a treasure trove of clues to human evolution.G

Secrets of the Dead"Bugging Hitler's Soldiers"
Britain's MI19 installed listening devices to eavesdrop on German POWs held at three sites in England. The evidence is stored on wax disks - a 120,000-hour archive. The program tells how German researchers are combing through this treasure trove and several reenactments dramatize the conversations they are revealing.G

11:00 pm

NOVA scienceNOW"Where Did We Come From?"
Scientists show how a supernova shock wave, sweeping through a cloud of dust and gas, could have played a part in forming the sun and planets. An English chemist has created conditions in which building blocks of RNA, probable precursor to DNA, assemble themselves naturally. After sucking human blood for millions of years, the DNA of lice hold a treasure trove of clues to human evolution.G